Crystal Series PETG - 3D Filament - 1.75mm - Translucent Yellow - 1KG

As low as
$18.48 $79.95

Crystal Series PETG 3D Printer Filament

MakerGeeks is pleased to launch our all new Crystal Series PLA & PETG Filament!!

We are so pleased to be able to bring the maker community a truly optically clear, sustainable, food contact safe PLA and PETG in vivid colors! This has been a long road of development to get the colors just the way we wanted them for that true "glass like" 3D printed look; but finally we are pleased with the results and think you will be as well once you give Crystal Series Filament a try!!

We are using our best selling Maker Series resins (PLA & PETG) for this new project along with a all new translucent colorant that will have your 3D prints looking smooth as glass and as clear as a crystal.

With the Crystal Series items you'll be getting a PLA and/or a PETG 3D Printer filament that is UV stable so you don't have to worry about fading over time as well as something that is FDA compliant for food contact. All this and the easy to use 3D printing characteristics that you have come to expect from Maker Filament items.

Plus, buying this or any of the Maker Filament brand items you'll be assured of getting a quality made filament that's always made right here in Springfield, MO by our dedicated team of tradesmen and women!! You just can't go wrong with Maker Filament and Maker Geeks. Enjoy! ;)

The Maker Filament PETG Difference:

MAKE Magazine comes out to MakerGeeks.com to talk shop...

Patented & trade-marked high-strength engineering grade PETG resin

High Tensile Strength: 6000+ PSI

Low Elongation: 3%

FDA ApprovedResin

UV Stable (no fading over time!)

1KG Spool (2.20lbs)

(Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.05mm)

Low to NO odor

Carries the '1' Recycling Code - (AKA totally recyclable) PETG is the only filament that carries this code

Consists of only Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H2), and Oxygen (O2)

Our PETG is 100% inert when used for landfill

Combustion produces only water vapor, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide

Oh you are in for a treat... you are about to be using one of the only USA made PETG filaments in the world; Maker Filament brand PETG is here!! Maker Filament PETG is different from other PET filaments you have used in the past because our 3D printer PETG filament is made using a trademarked brand of PETG resin and extrudes perfectly in nearly every 3D printer on the market today; with no jamming, near zero warp-age or shrinkage rates, extra strong finished parts and a low moisture absorption rate compared to the other PETG Filament on the market. Maker Filament PETG is an amazing filament in that it combines the impact strength of an ABS with the easy to print characteristics of PLA and it's crystal clear so you can do some amazing things with it in the finished 3D print!!

PETG despite what you might have been told before is crazy susceptible to moisture in it's raw resin form and above all the filaments we make both for ourselves and for contract jobs our PETG resin has to be dried in a resin drying silo able to reach negative 40f.

I was surprised when one of the largest brands of USA made 3D printer filament approached us about taking over their PETG extrusion and the first thing they told me was that, "...PETG is great to run cause you don't need to dry it..." - boy were we surprised when we started running it only to find out we had to dry the PETG resin nearly double the time of an ABS or PLA.

With that said... we take the time to dry our raw resin to negative 40f to insure that the resin will have zero moisture in it once you get it - this process can take from 10 to 16 hours (each batch) to accomplish and needs very expensive machinery and seems to be an overlooked step due to its cost and time. However, it's important to have perfectly dried resin before starting the extrusion process to make 3D printer filament or you'll find the dimensional tolerance isn't so good and the end product when 3D printed will have a high wrapping problem along with low-resolution do to voids in the filament.

So; lets talk about price.... all Maker Filament is only $24.55 for 1KG/ 2.2lbs - Think about that price for a second... some retailers charge you $49 for 1KG of their PETG or even $59 for 1LB of PETG and you know what... it's all the same stuff; matter of fact we manufacturer a lot of those same brands for them right here at MakerGeeks as that's a big part of our business, private labeling (white labeling) for other large US based 3D filament and 3D printer companies. So why pay more... cut out the middle man and the fancy packaging and go direct with Maker Geeks and the Maker Filament brand!

As you might know Maker Geeks.com is one, if not the only 3D Printer Retailer in the USA that also makes all it's own filament in house; so we have a lot of flexibility on pricing and the ability to still give you second to none quality (click here to see our process and read about what we are doing here in Springfield, MO) we also source everything from our color to our resin to our spools to even the vacuum seal bags all inside the USA so when we say it's Made in America it is... from top to bottom!

Maker Filament PETG has been and continues to be used daily here at MakerGeeks HQ for all our 3D printing plus we have a great network of large scale industrial users that order and print with 100's of KG of our filament each week so we are always getting nearly real-time feed back from them as well as our 1,000's of Makers like you! Think of Maker Filament more like YOUR Filament... it's your requests, feedback and input that shape the brand and help us to make the best 3D Printer Filament on the market today!

Maker Filament PETG works great with:

Ultimaker

PrintrBot

RepRap (Mendel, Huxley, Prusa, Kossel, Rostock)

Solidoodle

MakerBot (Replicator, Replicator 2, Replicator 2X)

FlashForge

Wanhao (Duplicator 4, 4X, 4S, 5S, 5S Mini, i3)

Leapfrog

UP! Plus, Up! Mini

and many, many more... basically if it's a 3D Printer; Maker Filament will work in it!! ;)

Give Maker Filament PETG a try today and see why thousands are switching their 3D printer filament supplier - remember the only place you can find the features of Maker Filament is from genuine Maker Filament PETG right here on MakerGeeks.com!! Enjoy!!

3D Printing Filament MSDS Sheets

Maker Geeks Manufacturing, Inc. is located in beautiful Springfield, MO and is one of the first and only large scale producers of 3D printer filament in the USA ....we want to make sure you have all the data you need to safely use our products. A lot of time and love go into each spool that our tradesmen make here at our plant and we hope you enjoy and make something really cool with your new Maker Filament!!

http://gaana.com/album/aa-ab-laut-chalen

Artfully Crafted 3D Printer Filament Made in Beautiful Springfield, MO USA - We Have Made & Sold Over 1 Million Pounds of 3D Printer Filament & Counting! Get your share, support the movement and 3D Print American today! (click the US Flag to learn more!)

Crystal Series PETG - 3D Filament - 1.75mm - Translucent Yellow - 1KG

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$18.48 $79.95

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Crystal Series PETG 3D Printer Filament

MakerGeeks is pleased to launch our all new Crystal Series PLA & PETG Filament!!

We are so pleased to be able to bring the maker community a truly optically clear, sustainable, food contact safe PLA and PETG in vivid colors! This has been a long road of development to get the colors just the way we wanted them for that true "glass like" 3D printed look; but finally we are pleased with the results and think you will be as well once you give Crystal Series Filament a try!!

We are using our best selling Maker Series resins (PLA & PETG) for this new project along with a all new translucent colorant that will have your 3D prints looking smooth as glass and as clear as a crystal.

With the Crystal Series items you'll be getting a PLA and/or a PETG 3D Printer filament that is UV stable so you don't have to worry about fading over time as well as something that is FDA compliant for food contact. All this and the easy to use 3D printing characteristics that you have come to expect from Maker Filament items.

Plus, buying this or any of the Maker Filament brand items you'll be assured of getting a quality made filament that's always made right here in Springfield, MO by our dedicated team of tradesmen and women!! You just can't go wrong with Maker Filament and Maker Geeks. Enjoy! ;)

The Maker Filament PETG Difference:

MAKE Magazine comes out to MakerGeeks.com to talk shop...

Patented & trade-marked high-strength engineering grade PETG resin

High Tensile Strength: 6000+ PSI

Low Elongation: 3%

FDA ApprovedResin

UV Stable (no fading over time!)

1KG Spool (2.20lbs)

(Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.05mm)

Low to NO odor

Carries the '1' Recycling Code - (AKA totally recyclable) PETG is the only filament that carries this code

Consists of only Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H2), and Oxygen (O2)

Our PETG is 100% inert when used for landfill

Combustion produces only water vapor, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide

Oh you are in for a treat... you are about to be using one of the only USA made PETG filaments in the world; Maker Filament brand PETG is here!! Maker Filament PETG is different from other PET filaments you have used in the past because our 3D printer PETG filament is made using a trademarked brand of PETG resin and extrudes perfectly in nearly every 3D printer on the market today; with no jamming, near zero warp-age or shrinkage rates, extra strong finished parts and a low moisture absorption rate compared to the other PETG Filament on the market. Maker Filament PETG is an amazing filament in that it combines the impact strength of an ABS with the easy to print characteristics of PLA and it's crystal clear so you can do some amazing things with it in the finished 3D print!!

PETG despite what you might have been told before is crazy susceptible to moisture in it's raw resin form and above all the filaments we make both for ourselves and for contract jobs our PETG resin has to be dried in a resin drying silo able to reach negative 40f.

I was surprised when one of the largest brands of USA made 3D printer filament approached us about taking over their PETG extrusion and the first thing they told me was that, "...PETG is great to run cause you don't need to dry it..." - boy were we surprised when we started running it only to find out we had to dry the PETG resin nearly double the time of an ABS or PLA.

With that said... we take the time to dry our raw resin to negative 40f to insure that the resin will have zero moisture in it once you get it - this process can take from 10 to 16 hours (each batch) to accomplish and needs very expensive machinery and seems to be an overlooked step due to its cost and time. However, it's important to have perfectly dried resin before starting the extrusion process to make 3D printer filament or you'll find the dimensional tolerance isn't so good and the end product when 3D printed will have a high wrapping problem along with low-resolution do to voids in the filament.

So; lets talk about price.... all Maker Filament is only $24.55 for 1KG/ 2.2lbs - Think about that price for a second... some retailers charge you $49 for 1KG of their PETG or even $59 for 1LB of PETG and you know what... it's all the same stuff; matter of fact we manufacturer a lot of those same brands for them right here at MakerGeeks as that's a big part of our business, private labeling (white labeling) for other large US based 3D filament and 3D printer companies. So why pay more... cut out the middle man and the fancy packaging and go direct with Maker Geeks and the Maker Filament brand!

As you might know Maker Geeks.com is one, if not the only 3D Printer Retailer in the USA that also makes all it's own filament in house; so we have a lot of flexibility on pricing and the ability to still give you second to none quality (click here to see our process and read about what we are doing here in Springfield, MO) we also source everything from our color to our resin to our spools to even the vacuum seal bags all inside the USA so when we say it's Made in America it is... from top to bottom!

Maker Filament PETG has been and continues to be used daily here at MakerGeeks HQ for all our 3D printing plus we have a great network of large scale industrial users that order and print with 100's of KG of our filament each week so we are always getting nearly real-time feed back from them as well as our 1,000's of Makers like you! Think of Maker Filament more like YOUR Filament... it's your requests, feedback and input that shape the brand and help us to make the best 3D Printer Filament on the market today!

Maker Filament PETG works great with:

Ultimaker

PrintrBot

RepRap (Mendel, Huxley, Prusa, Kossel, Rostock)

Solidoodle

MakerBot (Replicator, Replicator 2, Replicator 2X)

FlashForge

Wanhao (Duplicator 4, 4X, 4S, 5S, 5S Mini, i3)

Leapfrog

UP! Plus, Up! Mini

and many, many more... basically if it's a 3D Printer; Maker Filament will work in it!! ;)

Give Maker Filament PETG a try today and see why thousands are switching their 3D printer filament supplier - remember the only place you can find the features of Maker Filament is from genuine Maker Filament PETG right here on MakerGeeks.com!! Enjoy!!

3D Printing Filament MSDS Sheets

Maker Geeks Manufacturing, Inc. is located in beautiful Springfield, MO and is one of the first and only large scale producers of 3D printer filament in the USA ....we want to make sure you have all the data you need to safely use our products. A lot of time and love go into each spool that our tradesmen make here at our plant and we hope you enjoy and make something really cool with your new Maker Filament!!

http://gaana.com/album/aa-ab-laut-chalen

Artfully Crafted 3D Printer Filament Made in Beautiful Springfield, MO USA - We Have Made & Sold Over 1 Million Pounds of 3D Printer Filament & Counting! Get your share, support the movement and 3D Print American today! (click the US Flag to learn more!)

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Customer Reviews

What Temperature to 3D Print your Filament at?

While each 3D Printer is different and you will need to play around with the temps to get the best print here are some starter temps for you; these are all temperature profiles that are verified and confirmed print temps on the MakerGeeks.com 3D Printers (9 different machines from pre-built D3 and D4 to our own DIY custom Reprap printers) with the actual filament we sell to you... so they will get you 99% of the way there!

How do I get my filament to stick and STAY stuck?

This one is a multi-faceted answer but here are the basics:

Your print bed has to be level!! I mean, spend some time on this one... if it isn't level like a... well... like something that's really level - then your print won't stick and it won't come out looking right.

Next... CLEAN, CLEAN, then RE CLEAN, have a sandwich and a soda-pop and then CLEAN again... use acetone and a lint free towel to make sure your print surface is clean and free from oils and dirt.

If you are having a hard time printing on glass try using some Kapton tape as that will give you a little better stick

If you have a heated print surface... TURN IT ON!! Even when the filament used might not call for it, I always turn on my heat bed (who doesn't like a warm bed!!); even if it's just 40c it will really help. For PLA normally you'll want about 60c and for ABS you'll want 110c

For ABS 3D Printing room temperature really matters... you need to keep your entire build warm; so if you can't print out in a warm room try putting a box over the printer to keep that build area as warm as possible.

Try making "ABS Juice" - just add some scrap ABS filament to a bottle of acetone and let it dissolve and then use that to clean your print surface as normal; the dissolved ABS will give your printer extra STICK OR you can use "Aqua-Net Super Hold" hair spray (must be this brand to work right)... just clean your board as always and then lightly spray the Aqua-Net on the print board and print away (this method is my favorite as it seems to work best for me!)

KEEP trying!! You'll get it and once you do have it dialed in then you have it forever... each printer is different; make sure you make notes of what works and what doesn't for each filament you use and each printer you have. So, in the future when you want to print out that EPIC "Yogi Bear" figurine in MakerGeeks.com Blue you know what to set up your GCODE for.

What is the main differences between PLA and ABS 3D Printer Filament?

The main difference between PLA filament and ABS filament is that ABS is produced from fossil fuels and PLA is derived from biological resources, which makes PLA plastic biodegradable. Check out this 3D Printing Filament Impact Test -- PLA vs ABS vs PETG vs Sledgehammer (click here to watch the videos)!! When it comes to 3D printing the key differences between ABS and PLA are:

PLA is a rigid liquid and ABS is a crystallized liquid, meaning that when heated ABS transits slowly from a gel to liquid and PLA transits direct from solid to liquid.

ABS is more flexible and PLA is more solid, meaning when stressed PLA will snap sooner.

Wow, you have a 1kg spool of filament... SO What! How much actual filament is that??

Big question of the day is... how long is a spool of 3D Printing Filament!? Hummmmm, I think even Blinky the wise old MakerGeeks.com owl might have a hard time with that question but never fear... we have the answer!!

1/kg Spool

PLA 1.75mm

PLA 3mm

ABS 1.75mm

ABS 3mm

302,000.00mm

120,192.30mm

245,000.00mm

>147,732.30mm

... and what does that mean to me and you!! Well, check this out... if you are printing with 3.00mm filament for a iPhone case you need about 2,700mm of filament; for a EPIC Starship Enterprize Model you'll need about 12,000mm of 3D Filament and for a full Kossel 3D Printer Kit we normally use about 50,000mm of filament. Another way to look at it according to MakerBot is that 1 spool of 3D Filament produces about 392 full sized chess pieces. Whoa... that's a lot of chess!!

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What Temperature to 3D Print your Filament at?

While each 3D Printer is different and you will need to play around with the temps to get the best print here are some starter temps for you; these are all temperature profiles that are verified and confirmed print temps on the MakerGeeks.com 3D Printers (9 different machines from pre-built D3 and D4 to our own DIY custom Reprap printers) with the actual filament we sell to you... so they will get you 99% of the way there!

How do I get my filament to stick and STAY stuck?

This one is a multi-faceted answer but here are the basics:

Your print bed has to be level!! I mean, spend some time on this one... if it isn't level like a... well... like something that's really level - then your print won't stick and it won't come out looking right.

Next... CLEAN, CLEAN, then RE CLEAN, have a sandwich and a soda-pop and then CLEAN again... use acetone and a lint free towel to make sure your print surface is clean and free from oils and dirt.

If you are having a hard time printing on glass try using some Kapton tape as that will give you a little better stick

If you have a heated print surface... TURN IT ON!! Even when the filament used might not call for it, I always turn on my heat bed (who doesn't like a warm bed!!); even if it's just 40c it will really help. For PLA normally you'll want about 60c and for ABS you'll want 110c

For ABS 3D Printing room temperature really matters... you need to keep your entire build warm; so if you can't print out in a warm room try putting a box over the printer to keep that build area as warm as possible.

Try making "ABS Juice" - just add some scrap ABS filament to a bottle of acetone and let it dissolve and then use that to clean your print surface as normal; the dissolved ABS will give your printer extra STICK OR you can use "Aqua-Net Super Hold" hair spray (must be this brand to work right)... just clean your board as always and then lightly spray the Aqua-Net on the print board and print away (this method is my favorite as it seems to work best for me!)

KEEP trying!! You'll get it and once you do have it dialed in then you have it forever... each printer is different; make sure you make notes of what works and what doesn't for each filament you use and each printer you have. So, in the future when you want to print out that EPIC "Yogi Bear" figurine in MakerGeeks.com Blue you know what to set up your GCODE for.

What is the main differences between PLA and ABS 3D Printer Filament?

The main difference between PLA filament and ABS filament is that ABS is produced from fossil fuels and PLA is derived from biological resources, which makes PLA plastic biodegradable. Check out this 3D Printing Filament Impact Test -- PLA vs ABS vs PETG vs Sledgehammer (click here to watch the videos)!! When it comes to 3D printing the key differences between ABS and PLA are:

PLA is a rigid liquid and ABS is a crystallized liquid, meaning that when heated ABS transits slowly from a gel to liquid and PLA transits direct from solid to liquid.

ABS is more flexible and PLA is more solid, meaning when stressed PLA will snap sooner.

Wow, you have a 1kg spool of filament... SO What! How much actual filament is that??

Big question of the day is... how long is a spool of 3D Printing Filament!? Hummmmm, I think even Blinky the wise old MakerGeeks.com owl might have a hard time with that question but never fear... we have the answer!!

1/kg Spool

PLA 1.75mm

PLA 3mm

ABS 1.75mm

ABS 3mm

302,000.00mm

120,192.30mm

245,000.00mm

>147,732.30mm

... and what does that mean to me and you!! Well, check this out... if you are printing with 3.00mm filament for a iPhone case you need about 2,700mm of filament; for a EPIC Starship Enterprize Model you'll need about 12,000mm of 3D Filament and for a full Kossel 3D Printer Kit we normally use about 50,000mm of filament. Another way to look at it according to MakerBot is that 1 spool of 3D Filament produces about 392 full sized chess pieces. Whoa... that's a lot of chess!!